Alumni News
Names in the news: Rumsfeld '54 on wrestling, Lander '78's Breakthrough Prize, and more

Former defense secretary â and former varsity wrestler â
Donald Rumsfeld â54
added his voice to the call for the Olympics to keep wrestling in the games. [
Washington Post
]
Genomics pioneer
Eric Lander â78
was one of 11 inaugural recipients of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, the worldâs richest prize for medicine and biology. Princeton Professor David Botstein also received the prize. [
New York Times
]
Princeton Professor
Douglas Massey *78
contested the notion that Mexican immigrants come to the United States to have children, noting that social science shows work as the overwhelming draw. [
U.S. News & World Report
]
Elena Kagan â81
and
Sonia Sotomayor â76
supported cameras in the courtroom before they became Supreme Court justices, but both have changed their position since joining the high court. [
New York Times
]
Commentator
Pete Hegseth â03
examined the rhetoric and substance of President Barack Obamaâs State of the Union Address. [
National Review
]